Vehicle-seat loop



(No Model.)

H. G. OLDS.

. VEHICLE SEAT LOOP. No. 416,009. Patented Nov, 26, 1889.

In VEJ'Z far UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY G. OLDS, OF FORT YVAYNE, INDIANA.

VEHICLE-SEAT LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,009, dated November 26, 1889.

Application filed October '7, 1889. Serial No. 326,178. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY G. OLDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort \Vayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in V ehicle-Seat Loops, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to devices for holding the seat to the body of the vehicle; and it consists in metallic loops or sockets attached to the sides of the wagon-bed, and within which the brackets on the seat fit closely, thus holding the seat in place, and at the same time the use of these loops keeps the body from spreading or coming together, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the wagon bed and seat; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the wagon-body with seat removed; Fig. 3, a perspective of one of my loops or sockets in place on the side of the wagon-body.

A is the vehicle-body; B, the seat.

a a are brackets firmly secured to the seat, and having arms Z) extending beyond and below the sides of the seat.

0 is one of my improved loops, preferably a solid casting having its under surface channeled or grooved, as shown at c, Fig. 3, to fit snugly over the top of the sides of the wagon-bed, and also having a slot or opening D through its inner portion to receive the seat-bracket. These loops or sockets, usually four in number, 6 f g h, are securely fast ened to the sides of the wagon by screws or nails 3 in a position to correspond with the ends of the brackets on the seat. The bracketarms are then passed down through the slots in the loops or sockets, and, the sides of the seat resting on the sides of the Wagon-bed, the whole is held securely in place. The front brackets are curved slightly, as shown in Fig. 1, to prevent the seat from tilting backward through any sudden start of the horse or other cause.

Vehicle-seats are usually held in place by arms or brackets on the seat extending down within the sides of the wagon-body, or in other ways, and the result is that the weight on the seat, pressing down on the sides of the wagon, has a tendency to spread the sides apart or bend them inward, and thus greatly weaken the wagon-body and necessitate the use of much heavier material than desired, and, besides, the seat is not held firmly to the body; but with my improvement the seat becomes a brace for the body instead of a cause of strain thereon. The brackets fitting snugly within the loops which grasp, as it were, the sides of the Wagon, the weight upon the seat has no tendency to spread or draw in the sides, but to brace and hold the sides in their proper position.

- Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A vehicle-seat loop having a slot or opening to receive the seat-brackets and with its lower face grooved to fit over the sides of the vehicle-body, substantially as shown and described.

HENRY G. OLDS.

\Vitnesses:

J 0s. HENRY WILDER, JAMES A. SHEPARD. 

